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07-22-2016, 02:21 AM
Where are they? The Republicans who skipped their national convention.
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If last night's contentious display (http://mashable.com/2016/07/20/ted-cruz-trump-endor/?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=) at the Republican National Convention (https://hameed.nwar.uk/vb/mashable.com/category/republican-national-convention?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=) proved anything, it's that this year's GOP **minating process is remarkably watchable.*
But there were many Republicans who wanted to stay far away.
Agreeing with Ted Cruz and those in the #NeverTrump movement (http://mashable.com/2016/07/18/never-trump-fan-theories/), many prominent GOP leaders from the House, Senate and beyond chose to spend these four days away from Cleveland. They did **t want to get anywhere close to the newly **minated Republican presidential candidate, Donald Trump.
SEE ALSO: ** one believes Trump speechwriter Meredith McIver is real (http://mashable.com/2016/07/20/meredith-mciver-speech/)
Past leaders of the party, a full 18 Republican senators (http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/286753-majority-of-gop-senators-to-attend-trump-convention) and three out of the four former GOP presidential candidates either made up excuses for why they couldn't go or just said they were unavailable.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/07/21/republican-national-convention-**-shows/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
More about Senate (http://mashable.com/category/senate/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), House (http://mashable.com/category/house/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Attendees (http://mashable.com/category/attendees/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), John Mccain (http://mashable.com/category/john-mccain/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Donald Trump (http://mashable.com/category/donald-trump/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/DYDe5jJRkn0
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If last night's contentious display (http://mashable.com/2016/07/20/ted-cruz-trump-endor/?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=) at the Republican National Convention (https://hameed.nwar.uk/vb/mashable.com/category/republican-national-convention?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=) proved anything, it's that this year's GOP **minating process is remarkably watchable.*
But there were many Republicans who wanted to stay far away.
Agreeing with Ted Cruz and those in the #NeverTrump movement (http://mashable.com/2016/07/18/never-trump-fan-theories/), many prominent GOP leaders from the House, Senate and beyond chose to spend these four days away from Cleveland. They did **t want to get anywhere close to the newly **minated Republican presidential candidate, Donald Trump.
SEE ALSO: ** one believes Trump speechwriter Meredith McIver is real (http://mashable.com/2016/07/20/meredith-mciver-speech/)
Past leaders of the party, a full 18 Republican senators (http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/286753-majority-of-gop-senators-to-attend-trump-convention) and three out of the four former GOP presidential candidates either made up excuses for why they couldn't go or just said they were unavailable.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/07/21/republican-national-convention-**-shows/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
More about Senate (http://mashable.com/category/senate/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), House (http://mashable.com/category/house/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Attendees (http://mashable.com/category/attendees/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), John Mccain (http://mashable.com/category/john-mccain/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Donald Trump (http://mashable.com/category/donald-trump/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/DYDe5jJRkn0